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Genus

PHAEOPUS

Cuvier

Phaeopus Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i, 1817 (Dec. 7, 1816), p. 485. Type, bytautonymy, Scolopax phaeopus Linnaeus.

Phaeopus hudsonicus (Latham). Hudsonian Curlew

NumenitishitdsoiiicusLatham, IndexOrn., vol.2, 1790, p. 712.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene:

Rancho La

Brea,

Los

Angeles, California.

Subfamily

CALIDRIINAE. Sandpipers, Godwits, and Allies

Genus

PELIDNA

Cuvier

Pelidna Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i, 1817 (Dec. 7, 1816), p. 490. Type, by subs, design., Tringa cinclus Linnaeus, 1766

^Tringa

alpina Lin- naeus, 1758 (Gray, 1840).

Pelidna alpina (Linnaeus). Red-backed Sandpiper

Tringaalpina Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., vol. i, 1758, p. 149.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene: McKittrick, California.

Genus

LIMNODROMUS

Wied

Limnodromu^ Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, vol.4, Abt. 2, 1833, P- 7i6. Type, by monotypy, Scolopax grisca Gmelin.

Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin). Dowitcher

ScolopaxgriscaGmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p.658.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene^: McKittrick,

and Rancho La

Brea,

Los

Angeles, California.

Genus

MICROPALAMA

Baird

Micropalama Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac, vol. 9, 1858, pp. xxii, xlvii, 714, 726. Type, by orig.

design., Tringahimantoptis Bonaparte.

Micropalama hesternus

Wetmore

Micropalama hesternus Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 64, art. _5, Jan. 15, 1924, p. II, figs. 6-7.

Upper

Pliocene:

Two

milessouth of Benson, Arizona.

Genus

LIMOSA

Brisson

Limosa Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i,p. 261; vol. _5, p. 48. Type, by tautonymy, LimosaBrisson

=

ScolopaxlimosaLinnaeus.

Limosa vanrossemi Miller

Limosa vanrossemi L. H. Miller, Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. _349, August _1925, p. 116, pi. 6.

Miocene

(Temblor,Turritclla ocoyana zone) :

Lompoc,

California.

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Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE. Avocets and

Stilts

Genus

RECURVIROSTRA

Linnaeus

Recnrvirostra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., vol. i, 1758, ^p. 151. Type, by monotypy, Recnrvirostra avoscttaLinnaeus.

Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. Avocet

RecnrvirostraamericanaGmelin, Syst. Nat.,vol. i,pt.2, 1789,p. 693.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene:

Rancho La

Brea,

Los

Angeles,

and

McKittrick, California.

Family PRESBYORNITHIDAE. Presbyornithes

Genus

PRESBYORNIS

Wetmore

Presbyornis Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, p. 396.

Type, by monotypy, Presbyornis pervetusWetmore.

Presbyornis pervetus

Wetmore

Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, p. 396, ^pi. 27, figs. 10-20.

Eocene

(Lov^er

Green

River formation) :

White

River, Utah, 2 miles

from

Colorado State line.

Family PHALAROPODIDAE. Phalaropes

Genus

LOBIPES

Cuvier

Lobipes Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i, 1817 (Dec. 7, 1816), p. 495. Type, by orig. design., Tringa hyperborea Linnaeus

^

Tringa lobata Linnaeus.

Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus). Northern Phalarope

Tringa tobata [sic] Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., vol. i, 1758, p. 148.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon.

Suborder LARL Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Family LARIDAE. Gulls and Terns

Subfamily LARINAE. Gulls

Genus

LARUS

Linnaeus'*

Larus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., vol. i, 1758, ^{p. 136.} Type, by ^subs, design.,Laruscanus Linnaeus (Selby, 1840).

^^LarusveroShufeldt (Journ.Geol.,January-February 1917,p. 18),has been identified by

Wetmore

as Nyctanassa violacca Linnaeus (Smithsonian Misc.

Coll., vol. 85,

No

2, Apr. 13, 1931, p. 16).

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LARUS

Linnaeus

Larus glaucescens

Naumann.

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larusglaucescens

Naumann,

Naturg. Vogel DeutschL, vol. lo, 1840, p. 351.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene

(Upper San

Pedro) :

Near San

Pedro, California.

Larus argentatus Pontoppidan. Herring Gull

Larusargentatus Pontoppidan, DanskeAtlas, vol. i, 1763, ^p. 622.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon.'^

Larus oregonus Shufeldt""

Lartis oregonus Shufeldt, Amer. Nat., vol. 25, No. 297, September 1891, p.820.

Pleistocene: Fossil Lake,

Oregon.

Larus pristinus Shufeldt"

Larus pristinus Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19,

February 1915, p. 54, ^pi. 14,fig. 112.

?Oligocene (John

Day)

^:

Willow

Creek, Oregon.

Larus robustus Suhfeldt""

Larus robustus Shufeldt, Amer. Nat., vol. 25, No. 297, September 1891, p. 819.

Pleistocene^: Fossil Lake, Oregon.

Subgenus

CHROICOCEPHALUS

Eyton

Chroicocephahis Eyton, Hist. Rarer Brit. Birds, 1836, p. 57. Type, by subs, design., Larus capistratus

Temminck =

L. ridibundus Linnaeus (Gray,

1840).

Larus Philadelphia (Ord). Bonaparte's Gull

Sterna Philadelphia Ord, inGuthrie, Geogr., 2d Amer. ed., 1815, p. 319.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene: FossilLake, Oregon.

Genus

XEMA

Leach

Xema

Leach, in Ross, Voyage Discovery, 1819, app., p. Ivii. Type, bymono-

typy,LarussabiniSabine.

Xema

sabini (Sabine). Sabine's Gull

Larussabini _J. Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, pt.2, 1819, p. 522, pi.29.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene^: Fossil Lake, Oregon.

*'Througha lapsus calamilistedfromthe PleistoceneofFloridabyWetmore, Proc. 8th Int. Orn. Congr., Amsterdam, 1930, July 1931, p. 481.

°"Subgeneric allocation provisional.

°^Generic assignation in original description tentative.

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Subfamily STERNINAE. Terns

Genus

CHLIDONIAS

Rafinesque

Chlidonias Rafinesque, Kentucky Gazette, n. s., vol. i, No. 8, Feb. 21, 1822, p. 3, col. 5. Type, by monotypy, Chlidonias mclanops Rafinesque

^

Sterna surinamensis Gmelin.

Chlidonias nigra (Linnaeus). Black Tern

Sterna nigra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., vol. i, 1758, p. 137.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene: Fossil Lake,

Oregon.

Suborder ALCAE. Auks

Family ALCIDAE. Auks, Auklets, and Murres Subfamily NAUTILORNITHINAE. Nautilornithes

Genus

NAUTILORNIS

Wetmore

Nautilornis Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, p. 392.

Type, by orig. design., Nautilornisaznis Wetmore.

Nautilornis avus

Wetmore

Nautilornis avus Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, p.

392, ^pi. 36, figs. 1-8.

Eocene (Lower Green

River formation) :

Wbite

River, Utah, 2 miles

from

Colorado State line.

Nautilornis proavitus

Wetmore

Nautilornis proavitus Wetmore, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 16, Apr. 10, 1926, P- 394, ^pl. 36,^fig. 9-

Eocene (Lower Green

River formation) :

White

River, Utah, 2 miles

from

Colorado Stateline.

Genus

HYDROTHERIKORNIS

Miller

Hydr

otherikornisA. H. Miller, Univ. CaliforniaPubl., Bull. Dep. Geol. Sci., vol. 20, No. 3, Apr. 21, 1931, p. 24. Type, by orig. design., Hydro- therikornis oregonus Miller.

Hydrotherikornis oregonus Miller

Hydrolhcrikornis oregonus A. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ., Bull. Dep.

Geol. Sci., vol.20, No. 3, Apr. 21, 1931, ^p. 24, fig. i.

Upper Eocene (Arago

series) : Sunset Bay, near

Coos

Bay,

Coos

County, Oregon.

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ALCINAE. Auks and Murres

Genus

URIA

Brisson

Uria Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 52; vol. 6, p. 70. Type, by tantonymy, UriaBrisson

=

Colynihus aalgc Pontoppidan.

Uria affinis (Marsh).

Catarractcs affinis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser 3, vol. 4, October 1872, p. 259.

Pleistocene^: Railroad cut

on bank

ofPenobscot River,near Bangor, Maine.

Uria antiqua

(Marsh)

Catarractcs antiqnns Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, March 1870, p. 213.

Miocene

^: Tarboro,

Edgecombe

County,

North

Carolina.

Uria aalge (Pontoppidan). Murre

Colymbiis aalgc Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, vol. i, 1763, ^p. 621, ^pi. 26.

Modern form

reported

from

Pleistocene

(Upper San

Pedro) ^:

Near

PlayadelRev, California.

Genus

MANCALLA

Lucas

Mancalla Lucas, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, art. 1245, Sept. 27, 1901, p. 133. Type, by orig.design., Mancalla calijornicnsis Lucas.

Mancalla californiensis Lucas

Mancalla californiensis Lucas, Proc.LT. S.Nat. Mus., vol. 24, art. 1245, Sept.

27, 1901, p. 133, figs. 1-2.

Pliocene: Third Street tunnel,

Los

Angeles,"^

and San Diego

for- mation,

San

Diego, California.

Genus

MIOCEPPHUS

Wetmore

Miocepphus Wetiniore, Journ. Morph., vol. 66, Jan. 2, 1940, ^{p. 35.} Type, by orig. design.,Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore.

Miocepphus mcclungi

Wetmore

Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore, Journ. Morph., vol. 66, Jan. 2, 1940, ^p. 35, figs. 11-14.

Aliocene (zone 12, Calvert formation) ^:

Near

the

mouth

of Parker Creek. CalvertCounty,Tvlaryland.

Typelocality.

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